"English Ancestry of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, MA"
Clarence Almon Torrey
TAG 37: 65-72 (Apr 1961)
"Jonathan Fayrbank and Grace Smith (Warley) were married
May 20, 1617, at Halifax, Yorkshire, England. At the time of his
marriage he was probably about twenty-two years of age, hence
born in or about 1595. His ancestry has long been sought."
[Note that some sources are skeptical of the exact solution presented by
Torrey. All discussions seem to agree on this Halifax line in general, but
differ in details. Sadly, I have found no single, comprehensive criticism.]

"Genealogy, descendants of William and Dorcas Fallass"
Alexander, Lura F.
L.F. Alexander; Kansas City, MO; 1929
"JONATHAN FAIRBANKS, b. before 1600, came from Sowerby, in the West
Riding of Yorkshire, England, to New England in 1633; d. 5 Dec., 1668.
He m. 20 May, 1617, Grace Smith of Warley, in Halifax Parish. She d. in
1678. He settled in Dedham, Mass., building in 1636 the house which is
said to be the oldest inhabited dwelling house in the U.S."

"Colonial Families of the United States of America"
Mackenzie, George Norbury
Baltimore, MD; 1912; v2, p255.
"Jonathan Fairebanke came from Sowerby Bridge in the West Riding
of Yorkshire, England to New England in 1633; d. 5th Dec. 1668."

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
James Savage
Pub. Boston, 1860-1862
Repub. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1998
v2, p136: "FAIRBANKS, JONATHAN, Dedham, the progenit. I presume, of all this
fam. name now in N. E. came with w. Grace and prob. all his six ch. bef. 1641,
d. 5 Dec. 1668. His will of 1 June in that yr. pro. 26 Jan. foll. provides for or ment.
w. Grace, eldest s. John; sec. George; Mary, w. of Christopher Smith; third s.
Jonas; and Jonathan, the youngest; Sarah, eldest d. of s. John; s.-in-law Ralph
Day, and ea. of the four ch. he had by my d. Susan, his late w. and largest portion
to s. John. He was prob. from the W. riding of Yorksh. as the will of his uncle George
calls him of Sowerby in that part of Eng."